To:L. B. KRASIN

Published:First published in 1945 inLenin Miscellany XXXV.

      Sent to London.

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      Moscow,Volume 45,

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ComradeKrasin:

ConcerningLarin, to the Politbureau decision of
17.I.[2]I add:

1.Keephim in London aslong as possible.

2.Ifyou take any of his figures on trust, we shall sack
you.

3.Takecare of his health, provide better treatment,
appoint aresponsibledoctor.

4.Givehim alongliteraryjob
withGermanandEnglishsources (if he does not know English, teach him).

Carryout points 1, 3 and 4 with especial strictness andespecial tact. Point 2—three times as strictly.

Withcommunist greetings,Lenin

P.S.The Vneshtorg apparatus is downright bad. Lezhava
isweak.There is need for a better man. The grain is needed
desperately and urgently. Put into thiseverythingyou
have.It is your
responsibility.[1]

[1]SeeDocuments 581 and 593 of this volume.—Ed.

[2]OnJanuary 17, 1922, the Politbureau of the R.C.P.(B.) C.C.
decided to satisfy L. B. Krasin’s request “concerning Comrade
Larin’s recall at his disposal”.

Thepublished letter was sent to the People’s Commissariat
for Foreign Affairs with the following inscription by Lenin: “To
the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs. To P. P.
Gorbunov: for dispatch assoonand as confidentiallyas possible.
Return the envelope to me withKrasin’s signature. 19.I.1922.Lenin.To Comrade Krasinin London(19.I.1922 from Lenin)”
(Central Party Archives of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism
of the C.P.S.U. Central Committee).